by Ancient Bron: 'Puzzled' mentator posed the qutn a ment unr my prev entry, "Why are so many of the clergy gay??? It seems to be the norm the days. I nnot unrstand ." A ltle 'Googlg' fds some tertg facts given the current protts by LGBT activists about excln. Twenty-two years ago Andrew
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- CHURCH OF ENGLAND 'MT ACCEPT ACTIVELY GAY CLERGY'
- GAY CLERGY URGE GREATER CLN CHURCH OF ENGLAND
- WHY ARE SO MANY OF THE CLERGY GAY?
- SURVEY SET TO REVEAL NUMBER OF GAY CLERGY CHURCH OF ENGLAND
- BISHOP ALAN WILSON ENURAG GAY CLERGY IN CHURCH OF ENGLAND TO COME OUT
- CHURCH OF ENGLAND BISHOPS REFE TO BACK GAY MARRIAGE
CHURCH OF ENGLAND 'MT ACCEPT ACTIVELY GAY CLERGY'
Profsor Diarmaid MacCulloch says is time for the Anglin munn to regnise the revolutn attus to gay people * gay clergy church of england *
Church of England prits will be permted to bls the civil marriag of same-sex upl a profound shift the church’s stance on homosexualy after a historic vote by s erng first blsgs for gay upl uld happen this summer.
GAY CLERGY URGE GREATER CLN CHURCH OF ENGLAND
Fourteen Church of England clergy same-sex marriag have lled on bishops to do more to clu gay people the life of the Church * gay clergy church of england *
”Nigel Pietroni, the chair of the Campaign for Equal Marriage the C of E, said the cisn “falls short of what we ultimately believe is the only oute for radil cln – equal marriage for all people”, but was “a small step forward” gay rights mpaigner Peter Tatchell said: “The offer of blsgs to same-sex partners is an sult. A leadg historian has lled for the Church of England to accept gay partnerships among s clergy, stead of enuragg them to hi their sexualy or rema celibate. Diarmaid MacCulloch, profsor of the history of the church at the Universy of Oxford and prenter of BBC4's A History of Christiany, wr the Guardian that while there has been a revolutn attus towards gay people the UK, "the church has jt stuck s fgers s ears and chanted la-la-la".
"His ments e nearly a week after was revealed that Jefey John, the most senr openly gay cleric the church, was nsirg sug his employers for discrimatn.
WHY ARE SO MANY OF THE CLERGY GAY?
* gay clergy church of england *
MacCulloch argu that "the Anglin munn has … imposed pulsory celibacy on a large sectn of s clergy: those who regnise they are predomantly gay sexual orientatn".
SURVEY SET TO REVEAL NUMBER OF GAY CLERGY CHURCH OF ENGLAND
Top Bishop Inv Gay Clergy To Come Out * gay clergy church of england *
He also cricis the selectn procs for new prits, which he says is obssed wh the sexualy of ndidat and "vot an ordate amount of time to quizzg them about " the moment the church's posn is that there is no bar to gay people assumg cleril office, even if they are civil partnerships, wh the ccial proviso that they mt not be sexually active. "Reverend Rod Thomas, chair of the nservative group Reform, said the appotment of a gay bishop England would lead to divisn the church as had done the US.
"Explag the church's abily to e to terms wh the issue of gay clergy, MacCulloch poted to a crisis of masculy.
BISHOP ALAN WILSON ENURAG GAY CLERGY IN CHURCH OF ENGLAND TO COME OUT
"It's tertg that female homosexualy don't tert the clergy so much.
CHURCH OF ENGLAND BISHOPS REFE TO BACK GAY MARRIAGE
It's male homosexualy and that's bee 's still a very male-domated stutn.
Fourteen Church of England clergy same-sex marriag have lled on bishops to do more to clu gay people the life of the a letter to the Sunday Tim, they said they wanted to eventually see gay upl allowed to marry Church.